Bullitt Circuit Court Filing Rules

After a Petition or Complaint for Dissolution or Legal Separation is properly filed, the Clerk must submit an AOC-237 Status Quo Order to the appropriate Judge with notice for hearing.

B. All motions for Paternity, Child Support (J cases), Domestic Violence, dockets shall be filed, clocked and noticed no later 2:00 PM on the preceding Thursday

A photograph or reduced copy of a large or cumbersome trial exhibit must be submitted and substituted for the exhibit at the conclusion of trial.

Each party must make trial documentary evidence and exhibits available to opposing counsel for inspection and copying at least 15 days before trial.

If a trial or hearing has been scheduled, counsel must promptly notify the clerk when the case settles.

Bonds and restitution must be paid in cash, by cashier's or certified check, or by credit card up to $2,500.

An opposing party who wants oral argument must state that in the response and file a motion requesting argument at the next available motion hour.

Electronically filed documents must comply with the current Filing Rules.

Pleadings, documents, and exhibits in actions deemed confidential by statute need not be redacted, and access to those files is governed by statute.

The Commonwealth must make a written motion based on good cause to seek an extension of a discovery or bill-of-particulars deadline; failure to do so may result in sanctions.